Petrobras

Petrobras is a publicly traded corporation, the majority stockholder of which is the Brazilian Federal Government (represented by the National Treasury). Petrobras performs as an integrated energy company in the following sectors: exploration and production, refining, marketing, transportation, petrochemicals, oil product distribution, natural gas, electricity, chemical gas, and biofuels. A leader in the Brazilian oil industry, the company has a presence in another 18 countries. Its daily output equals 2,539,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.